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Scenario: How can you set up a call pick up group with other members of your department with a Group Policy (Regular or Simultaneous).

Solution: Go into your MS Teams application → Select Your User Profile (click your profile picture at the top of Teams)→ Settings > Calls → Call Answering rules - Calls Ring Me OR Forward my Calls

Apply the following Group Policythe group policy establishes how calls will be routed to the users assigned to a Call Group

  1. In the Order Above (Regular) – Calls are distributed to users in specific order, always starting with the same user.
  2. At the Same Time (Simultaneous) – Calls are distributed to all users within the hunt group at the same time
ExpandtitleMicrosoft Documentation:

Call Sharing

and

Group Call Pickup

Article 1: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/call-sharing-and-group-call-pickup

Article 2: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/call-forwarding-call-groups-and-simultaneous-ring-in-teams-a88da9e8-1343-4d3c-9bda-4b9615e4183e?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US


Step 1:

A. Calls ring me and CALL GROUP 

Also Ring Call Group

B. Forward all my Calls to Call group 

Step 2: Add people to Call group 

Step 3: Confirm people to Call Group and set Ring Order → Save